19970829024769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell UH-1B · Dayville, OR · August 29, 1997

Date
August 29, 1997 · 12:15 local
Place
Dayville, OR
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
GZ9L
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N22753
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA97LA198
Reported as
Bell UH1B
Reported engine
Lycoming T53L13B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total3,500 in this make and model

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Right transmission door seperated. Struck tail rotor. Autoratated hard landing. Cowling improperly installed.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT TRANSMISSION DOOR SEPERATED. STRUCK TAIL ROTOR. AUTORATATED HARD LANDING. COWLING IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.